On Seeing Ansel Adams, "Face on a Half Dome: Yosemite National Park"

 

Face of God.

I have seen you

covered in snow,

 

deep crevices web your features,

leaving them weather-worn

with worry and the rain of falling tears

 

for those who can look upon you,

Face of God,

And see only stone.

Reviews

[Vanessa Christine]

I Love Ansel Adams! I studied him in senior photography, he is brilliant. Your poem captures the essence of so many of his photos. I am also a religion student and find God speaks most clearly in those serene natural moments. Face of God- a perfect analogy. In order to be slightly constructive....would "engrave" perhaps be a better word for "web"...it sounds more momentous which would carry the weight of your poem further. Just a thought.

[nenestarrs]

Beautiful!

[Nishant Gupta]

nice one do read mine too "QUEST OF LIFE".

[LogosMythos]

Simple and passionate. I like this one.

[matthew henry]

not much to say here, really. Short but sweet. Nice choice of words. Nice idea. Good imagery. cool.

[Trée]

Nothing like the majestic mountains carved by the hand above, a canvass of stone painted in the light of day and the wind of time, a testament to all we believe, clear as midnight in winter.

[Raja]

After a long gap I have read such a wonderful poem.

"for those who can look upon you,Face of God,And see only stone." is my favorite line.

Thank you.

Raja

[zig]

nice... the first and last stanzas might very well work as two independand haikus. i like the approach to the subject, the perspective of the image stripped down to bare details. the second stanza could use some more work i think, but other than that, very well written. zig

[Tomás Ó C..]

God is everywhere... but we are too blind to see...

[Arthur Henn]

This is amazing, I like his photography also. Ansel Adams is one that inspires my photography as I set the lens out on a romantic vision wanting to capture what my soul feels. His black and white photography is the outline of Gods Eye.

Great! Poem!

Art

[H.]

Oh now that was clever. I liked that a lot, how you pulled it full circle so quickly to show the duality of two interpretations of that photograph. Witty and brief--it was a great way to capture a thought in a poem.